Q: Is 3,858,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,858,888 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,858,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 47 66 88 94 132 141 188 264 282 311 376 517 564 622 933 1,034 1,128 1,244 1,551 1,866 2,068 2,488 3,102 3,421 3,732 4,136 6,204 6,842 7,464 10,263 12,408 13,684 14,617 20,526 27,368 29,234 41,052 43,851 58,468 82,104 87,702 116,936 160,787 175,404 321,574 350,808 482,361 643,148 964,722 1,286,296 1,929,444 and 3,858,888, with no remainder.

Since 3,858,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,858,888, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).